FILM: 40 Years of IVF – Past, Present and Future

BioNews

Progress Educational Trust

29 April 2019

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[BioNews, London]

This film documents the Progress Educational Trust/Scottish Government event '40 Years of IVF: Past, Present and Future'.

The event marked the 40th birthday of the world's second ever IVF baby (and first IVF boy), Alastair MacDonald. Alastair and his mother, Grace MacDonald, looked back on the circumstances of Alastair's conception, birth and childhood.

They were joined on the speaker panel by experts, practitioners and regulators who discussed not only the early days of IVF, but also how the world of fertility has evolved since and what its future holds.

Time	Introductions
0:00:00	Sarah Norcross Director, Progress Educational Trust
0:04:47	Professor Allan Pacey Trustee, Progress Educational Trust
	Speaker panel
0:08:47	Dr Kay Elder Senior Research Scientist, Bourn Hall Clinic
0:19:50	Grace MacDonald The second woman ever to give birth to a child following IVF
0:35:21	Alastair MacDonald The second person, and first male, ever to be born who was conceived via IVF
0:43:44	Dr Abha Maheshwari Clinical Lead in Reproductive Medicine, Aberdeen Fertility Centre
0:51:53	Sally Cheshire Chair, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
1:02:40	Professor Colin Duncan Chair, Society for Reproduction and Fertility
	Discussion
1:11:12	Audience contributions
	Conclusions
1:38:46	Dr Kay Elder Senior Research Scientist, Bourn Hall Clinic
1:43:18	Grace MacDonald The second woman ever to give birth to a child following IVF
1:43:55	Alastair MacDonald The second person, and first male, ever to be born who was conceived via IVF
1:45:15	Dr Abha Maheshwari Clinical Lead in Reproductive Medicine, Aberdeen Fertility Centre
1:46:24	Sally Cheshire Chair, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
1:48:42	Professor Colin Duncan Chair, Society for Reproduction and Fertility
	Close
1:49:21	Birthday celebrations for Alastair MacDonald